Cop Accused Of Lying To Federal Grand Jury

November 19, 1990

EAST CHICAGO — A former East Chicago, Ind., police officer has been indicted on charges that he lied to a federal grand jury investigating allegations he and several fellow officers protected drug deals in northwest Indiana.

Tony Glass, 33, who resigned in 1988 as a 10-year veteran of the East Chicago force, also was charged with obstruction of justice, James Richmond, U.S. attorney in Hammond, said in a statement.

Glass allegedly lied when he appeared before the grand jury in Hammond on Feb. 22 and said he never used illicit drugs or participated in drug sales. An arraignment hearing in the case was scheduled for Wednesday in Hammond federal court.